Technical Notes

Describes the factors that should be considered when storing
compressed data in HDF5 files and how to tune those parameters
to optimize the I/O performance of an HDF5 application when
working with compressed datasets.

A description of various aspects of using variable-length datatypes
in HDF5

Historical Notes

These documents are retained because they shed light on HDF5’s
design and development history; many were working papers for the
original HDF5 design process. Where available, the date of the most
recent update of the technical content of a document is listed in
the right-hand column. These documents are not actively maintained
and may be out of date.